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It was short - and for Somerset, certainly not sweet.

Surrey are confirmed as 2024 county champions following the Cider Boys' defeat by Lancashire, who will still need another win next week to have a chance of avoiding relegation.

Somerset will take on Hampshire for the runners-up spot, while Yorkshire's win over Glamorgan means they will be favourites ahead of Middlesex for the second promotion spot.

That's it for our coverage today. Join us again on Saturday for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final - and don't forget to take part in our County Championship team of the season vote.

Surrey head coach Gareth Batty told BBC 5 Live Sports Extra:

"It's a whole squad, group of staff coming together and putting in a heck of a lot of work over a long period of time.#

"To do it three times in a row is very satisfying. We shall enjoy today and then start the hard work tomorrow to do it all again."

Mark Church
BBC Radio London commentator

They had it on the big screen here at The Oval, but there was a bit of a delay between the commentary to the pitch.

So I heard the wicket go down and then about 20 seconds later a massive cheer came up from the Surrey dressing room.

Congratulations to them because it is a phenomenal achievement. Three years on the trot and the first time since Yorkshire in the '60s.

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At this time of year, we always give you the chance to pick your own County Championship team of the season.

The voting module is slightly different for 2024, but you can find the list of names by clicking here.

Get your votes in now - and tell all your cricket-loving pals - to do the same and we'll reveal the final XI chosen by you next week.

Here's the team you selected in 2023: Alex Lees (Durham), Jake Libby (Worcestershire), Josh Bohannon (Lancashire), Tom Westley (Essex), James Rew (Somerset), Leus du Plooy (Derbyshire), Liam Dawson (Hampshire), Simon Harmer (Essex), Jordan Clark (Surrey), Brett Hutton (Nottinghamshire), Jamie Porter (Essex).

Today marks the end of the penultimate round of matches in this year's County Championship - but we'll have more live coverage for you before the end of the season.

On Saturday, it is the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final between South East Stars and Sunrisers at Grace Road in Leicester.

And the following day, we will also have radio and text coverage of the One-Day Cup final as Glamorgan take on Somerset at Trent Bridge.

Then, next Thursday, we will be here for the climax of the 2024 County Championship, with nine games and promotion and relegation issues still to be decided.

Make sure to join us.

Division One

Chester LS: Durham v Kent

Chelmsford: Essex v Surrey

Trent Bridge: Nottinghamshire v Warwickshire

Taunton: Somerset v Hampshire

Worcester: Worcestershire v Lancashire

Division Two

Cardiff: Glamorgan v Gloucestershire

Leicester: Leicestershire v Derbyshire

Hove: Sussex v Middlesex

Headingley: Yorkshire v Northamptonshire

Lancashire coach Dale Benkenstein told BBC 5 Live Sports Extra:

"Could we not just start the season now?

"Under the circumstances and you are struggling, low on confidence, to then turn up and play against a very strong side and put on a performance like that.

It changes the perspective in the dressing room and just gives us real belief that we can actually do it."

Division One

Hampshire 462 & 204 v Worcestershire 273 & 158

Hampshire won by 235 runs

Lancashire 140 & 398 v Somerset 146 & 224

Lancashire won by 168 runs

Division Two

Glamorgan 239 & 209 v Yorkshire 361 & 273

Yorkshire won by 186 runs

Five wicket haul for Kyle Abbott!

What a morning from the South African.

He wraps things up by finding Tom Taylor's outside edge and completing the victory inside an hour.

Hampshire move above Somerset ahead of a battle for second place at Taunton next week.

Worcestershire were getting behind the required rate, so Amar Virdi has got proactive.

Six big swings, four boundaries off Liam Dawson from the Surrey loanee.

Yeehaw, he has 16 off 14 balls.

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Glamorgan 200-9, target 396

James Harris is determined to go down swinging. He's just picked up the first ball of George Hill's second over gloriously over mid-wicket for six.

He's then followed that with something far less convincing - another massive wipe aimed through the off side that is inside-edged down to the fine leg boundary.

Harris isn't quite in the 'here for a good time not a long time' category as he's been at the crease for over an hour and clearly wants to throw some punches.

Jordan Thompson is on for Fisher now as Yorkshire seek this last wicket.

Tom Taylor might have a bad leg but his hands are just fine.

He pulls Kyle Abbott to the boundary with panache from his first ball.

His inside edge almost onto his stumps, which followed, was less attractive.

Ben Coad's work for this match might be done. He's off having not taken the change to end with a 10-fer in this game.

Matthew Fisher has been the man this morning, taking both wickets to fall to put the visitors on the brink of victory.

George Hill is just about to complete his first over taking Coad's place and after conceding a two and a boundary, he's a graze away from wrapping the game up. James Harris wins up a huge one, clearing his front leg but completely missing the ball.

Two balls later, he gets it right. Middle-ing it back over a bemused Hill to the fence.

There was a question mark over Tom Taylor's fitness and whether he could bat in the second innings.

But it looks like he has his pads on in the dressing room, so Hampshire will have to take the final two wickets to taste victory.

However, that run out means Liam Dawson can no longer take a third century and 10-wicket haul match combo for the third time in his career.

Who would have thought that Lancashire would end up winning that game after being bowled out for 140 on the first day?

It all went wrong for Somerset when they failed to achieve much more than parity in their own first innings as 21 wickets fell in the first three sessions of the game.

The Cider Boys would still have fancied their chances when Lancashire were 168-6 in their second knock but a superb 130 by Luke Wells gave them too much to do in the run chase.

The home attack managed to extract more from the pitch on day three than Somerset's bowlers and when Lewis Gregory fell to the first ball today, the writing was on the wall in very big letters.